Dean of the College William L. Machmer

Selected Records Related to Women's Affairs at Massachusetts
Agricultural College, Massachusetts State College, and the University of
Massachusetts: 1924 - 1951

Scope and Contents Note:Selected folders containing correspondence, reports, and minutes related
to William L. Machmer's work as academic administrator responsible for
monitoring the activities of department heads and deans of schools, and
developing policies relating to social life on campus at the Massachusetts
Agricultural College (MAC), Massachusetts State College, and the University
of Massachusetts. The collection includes memoranda and printed material
from the Dean's file, Skinner, Edna L. [Head of Department (1924);
then Head of the Division (1930) of Home Economics], pertaining to student
housing for women and the home economics education curriculum at MAC, and
nationally. The larger half of the material comes from the file,
Student
Life, which comprises guidelines and regulations for student conduct
and social events, and selected minutes and reports from the Faculty Committee
on Student Life.

Biographical Note:

William L. Machmer joined the faculty of the Massachusetts Agricultural
College as an instructor of mathematics in September 1911, having received
his A.M. degree from Franklin & Marshall College earlier that year.
After several years on leave to the U.S. Department of Agriculture near
the end of World War I, he return to MAC in 1920. For several years
thereafter, he served at various times as Assistant Dean, then Acting Dean
of the School, as well as the Assistant Registrar. During academic
year 1926-27, he became Dean of the School and continued in this position
until 1953.

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